Pick.



M. KNEBLAND.

PICK. APPLIUA'I'ION FILED MAY 18, 1911. I 1,01 0,390. Patented Nov; 28, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATT KNEELAND, 0F DIQMOND, MISSOURI, ASIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL IB. VARINEB AND WILEY G. WGODCOCK, OF GBANBY, MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28; 191 1.

Application filed ma 18, 1911. Serial No. 627,925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATT KNEELAND, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Dia-' niond, in the county of Newton and State.

that not only will the points be securely and effectively fastened in place but also the joint connecting the points with the main body of the pick may be readily and efiectively cleaned.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is a view of a pick and a portion of the handle, said pick being constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of a portion of the pick in longitudinal section showing the joint connecting the detachable point with the main body of the pick. Fig.

3 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the pick in longitudinal section showing a modification of the joint for detachably connecting the point with the main body of thepick. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view in perspective of a portion of the main body, of the pick showing the socket with which the detachable joint ;is connected. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view in perspective of one of the detachable points of underside of the main body of the pick.

the pick constructed in accordance with this invention. Flg. 6 1s a cross section on the line X-X, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view in perspective of a portion of a pickshowing a modification of the means for connecting the point to the main body of thepick.

In the accompanymgdrawings 1 indicates a pick and 2 the handle thereof broken away.

The main body 3 of the pick is formed at each end with a dove-tailed'slot 4 having an open longitudinal portion located on the The joick'is provided with detachable points 5 each of which is formed with a dove-tailed projection 6.. adapted to fit into the dove toiled ggress theishouldered portion 7 of.

shouldered end 10 of the dove tailed projection 6 abutting against the inner end of the dove-tailed socket 4. The point is held in F place by means of a screw 11 or other suitable fastening device which is screwed through a hole 12 in the main body 3. of the pick, said holebeing in alinementwith a hole 13 in the projection 8, and with aghole 14 in the main bodyl3 'ofjsthe pick, as "shown in Fig. 2, the screw "eigtehding' through the I holes 12 and 1 13 andf'projecting into the hole 14.

It will be seen that means of the fore- 7 going construction the, point 5 may be" readily secured to the main body of the pick and may be firmly held inplace therein.

In Fig. 7 is shovm a'modification oi t;he-

point in which a point 15Iis formed with a ove tailed projection 16 having a redubed projection 1'? at the end of the dove tailed 1 projection 16, the projection 17 being provided with a suitable recess, as forexample, the transverse slot 18 which is adapted to be engaged bya screw 19 extending through a hole 12 in the main body of the pick.

In addition to the point being securely held in place on the main body of the pick the dove tailed slot 14 owing-to its shape permits of the dirt or other foreign matter which may accumulate therein being readily removed therefrom by means of a suitable instrument, as for example, the bladeof a knife.

By means of a. pick constructed in accordance with this invention the points may be readily removed when broken and new ones substituted therefor.

What I claim is 1. In a pick of the kind described, a main body having a dove tailed socket'with a longitudinal slot in the underside of the body of the pick, and a socket-at the inner end'of said dove tailed socket. and a hole in .the main body of thepick extending transversely through said last named socket, a

detachable pick having a. dovetailed pro- .iection and a reduced projection atthe endof said. dove tailed projection, said dove tailed projection bein tailed socket, and. said reduced projection being located in the socket in the inner end of the dove tailed socket, and means extend ing from the hole in the main. bodyof the pick and through said socket in the inner end of the dovetail socket and engaging said reduced projection on the end of the doveteil projection of the point.

2. In a pick of the kind described, a main body portion formed with a dove tailed socket at each end thereof, with :i longitucinail slotin the underside of the main body of the pick, and a socket the inner end. of

said dove tailed socket, and a hole in the main body of the pick opening into said located in said doves of the dove tailed socket, and a screw extending through said .llOiQ in the main body of the pick and engaging the reduced projection located in the socket at the inner end of the dovetail socket In testimony whereof I hereunto efiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MATT KNEELAND. Witnesses:

Cmrzron Cmmcn, i3. CHAPMAN. 

